Sprinkler.



W. STOREY.

SPRINKLER.

APPLICATION nun 00T.18, 1909'? Patented July 5, 1910.

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WENDEL STOREY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SPRINKLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed October 18, 1909. Serial No. 523,244. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, WENDEL STOREY, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSprinklers; and I do hereby declare that. the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth withreference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in claims, itsobject being to provide simple, economical and efficient sprinklersespecially designed for distribution of water upon lawns and gardens,each of said sprinklers being preferably organized for adjustableconnection with a water service pipe.

Figure 1 of tical transverse sectional view of one of my improvedsprinklers adjustably connected to a water service pipe, and Fig. 2, aplan view of said sprinkler partly in horizontal section.

Referring by numeral to the drawings, 3 indicates the wall, 4: thepermanent head and 5 the removable cover-head of a preferablysheet-metal circular chamber. The chamber-heads are provided withbearings 6 that turn on a shouldered head of a T-fitting attachable to awater-service pipe or an adjustable connection of same. As herein shown,the head of the T-fitting is attached to a pivotally adjustable plugportion 8 of a coupling 9 in connection with a water-service pipe 10.One end of the head 7 and the free end of the stem 11 of the T-fittingis capped or otherwise closed and provided with apertures 13 for whicha' cut-off sleeve 14 is provided on said stem, this sleeve beingadjusted longitudinally of the aforesaid stem to permit discharge ofwater through one or more of said apertures into the sprinklerchamberagainst radial blades 15 of a turbine-type of water-wheel 16 riveted orother wise fastened to the permanent head 4 of said chamber.

The wall 3 of the sprinkler-chamber is provided with water-j et openings17 in series at regular intervals and preferably disposed in a directiondiagonally of said wall, and the headsd and 5 of said chamber areprovided with radial series of water-jet openings 18. Vent apertures 19of considerably greater diameter than the water-j et openings areprovided in the cover-head 5 of the the drawings represents a ver-'sprinkler-chamber, and these vent-apertures and the radially disposedwater-jet openings of said cover-head are controlled by radial arms of acut-off gate 20 that has its bearing on the head of the T-fitting, ahandle 21 of the gate being extended through a slot 22 in the aforesaidhead concentric with the axis of said chamber. v

To hold the cover-head of the sprinkler chamber in place againstaccidental'displacenient, a screw 23 is employed in engagement with theadjacent end of the head of the T- fitting, the head of the screw beingin opposition to the bearing of said cover-head.

In practice, the sprinkler-chamber is put into rotary motion by impactof water from the T-fitting against the blades of the waterwheel inrigid connection with said chamber inside the same, the speed dependingupon the volume of water under pressure discharged through one or moreof the apertures in the stem of said fitting. The water accumulating inthe sprinkler is discharged through jet-openings of same in variousdirections.

If the sprinkler-head be disposed so as to turn on a vertical axis, thegate 20 should be adjusted to close the water-jet openings and open thevent-apertures in the cover-head of said chamber, whereby the escape ofwater is only through the jet-openings of the permanent head and wall ofthe aforesaid chamber. If the sprinkling-chamber be disposed so as toturn upon a horizontal axis, the gate may be adjusted as aforesaid tocompel the discharge of water through the jet-openings in the wall andpermanent, head of said chamber, and in case it is desirable to sprinklefrom the wall and the cover-head side of the aforesaid chamber, whilethis chamber is turning on a horizontal axis, the gate aforesaid will beadjusted to close the vents and clear the jet-openings in saidcover-head, the venting being then had through the jetopenings in' theopposite head.

The sprinkler is particularly adapted to the watering of flower -bedsand borders along the sides of same without wasting water that 1S at alltimes economically delivered fitting,

ber having perforated heads provided with bearings that turn on the headof said fitting, and a turbine-type water-wheel secured to the chamberinside the same to be acted upon by water delivered through an apertureprovided in said stem of the afore= said fitting.

2. A sprinkler comprising a T-fitting for connection with awater-service pipe and which is closed at one end of its head and at thefree end of its stem, a circular chamher having a perforated wall andprovided with heads having bearings that turn on the head of saidfitting, and a turbine-type water-wheel secured to the chamber insidcthe same to be acted upon by water delivered through an apertureprovided in said stem of the aforesaid fitting.

3. A sprinkler comprisii'ig a T-fitting for connection with awater-service pipe and which is closed at one end of its head and at thefree end of its stem, a circular chamber having a perforated wall andheads, these heads being provided with bearings that turn on the head ofsaid fitting, and a turbine-type water-wheel secured to the chamberinside the same to be acted upon by water delivered through an apertureprovided in said stem of the aforesaid fitting.

4. A sprinkler comprising a T-fitting closed at one end of its head andat the free end of its stem, a coupling attachable to a water-servicepipe and provided with a pivotally adjustable plug in connection withthe head of the fitting, a perforated circular chamber the heads insidethe same to be delivered through an cured to the chamber acted upon bywater 1 which is closed at one having bearings water delivered through vapertures in said stem of the aforesaid fitaperture provided in saidstem of the aforesaid fitting.

5.- A sprinkler comprising a T-fitting for connection wlth awater-service pipe and end of its head and at the free end of its stem,a circular chamber perforated heads provided with that turn on the headof said fitting, a gate in pivotally adjustable connection with one ofthe heads to control the perforations of same and vent openings withwhich said head is provided, and a turbinetype water-wheel secured tothe chamber inside the same to be acted upon by water delivered throughan aperture provided in said stem of the aforesaid fitting.

6. A sprinkler comprising a T-fitting for connection with a vater-seriice pipe and which is closed at one end of its head and at the free endof its stem, said stem being provided with a plurality of apertures, acut-ofi sleeve adjustable on the fitting-stem to regulate opening ofsaid apertures therein, a perforated circular chamber having headsthereof provided with bearings that turn on the head of said fitting,and" aturbine-type Water-wheel secured to the chamber inside the same tobe acted upon by one or more of the tin I 1 h testimony that I claim theforegoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee,

1n the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin in the presence oftwo witnesses. of which are provided with hearing that turn on the headof said 1 and a turbine-type water-wheel se- WVEN DEL STOREY.WVitness'es' N. E. OLIII-IANT, MAY DOWNEY.

